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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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Just got my new Rocker 9000km's ago. Just got back from a big trip and the dealer told me my front and rear tire are done. Said I have .2 mm left in the rear? And if they are warn out what brand is everyone running and what type of mileage are you getting?
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 08:16 PM
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I got 4000 miles out of the stock Dunlop and about 5500 out of the Dunlop E3 250. I ride the **** out of mine, so I'm guessing a man could actually stretch the milage out a little more on the E3.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 08:18 PM
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Yeah it's all about air pis and them stock tires, your doing real good at getting 10k out of them. I got around 14k on my first set and that was over 2k , where I should have got new tires. Don't push it, I would bite the bullet and get new tires!
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 08:20 PM
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I'm running a E3 on the rear, so far so good....@8k.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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I got 8k out of the original tire you got to keep the air pressure up to get the mileage
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 08:28 PM
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A couple minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyt1J...e_gdata_player
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 08:32 PM
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I got about 6000miles when I removed my front and rear and I still had .5 on them i put them up for spare
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SMH
I got 4000 miles out of the stock Dunlop and about 5500 out of the Dunlop E3 250. I ride the **** out of mine, so I'm guessing a man could actually stretch the milage out a little more on the E3.
Ya gotta tone down the burnouts and power slides.

I got 9K out of the stockers and would have got more than that out of the E3 that I replaced with Metzelers. Hope I get at least 8 out of the Metz.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 10:22 PM
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Depends on how you ride, I love the twisties and just barely made 8k on mine. I was down way too low and they were starting to get slick.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 10:39 PM
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Yah I love twists and ride hard so I guess I'm doing good with 9k time for some new tires. Looks like a dunlop e3 250 is the way to go. Anyone tuck a 260 under the back fender on a Rocker?
 
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